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Marcio Barbosa vs. Dennis Buzukja

UFC 2-0-0 vs. 1-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-0-0
UFC record
1-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
28
AgeΔ 1 yrs
29
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
2.6
WW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marcio Barbosa carries real power — 7.29 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Marcio Barbosa rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Buzukja rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marcio Barbosa

Full career not yet synced for Marcio Barbosa — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Dennis Buzukja

Full career not yet synced for Dennis Buzukja — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

153.64/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2454.71/min · norm 3.52
102.43/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2504.80/min · norm 3.50
45.5%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 44.7%
70.6%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 54.8%
27.29/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.29/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Marcio Barbosa

Distance 93.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Dennis Buzukja

Distance 93.2% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Marcio Barbosa

Head 90.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Dennis Buzukja

Head 74.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Barbosa L/AAccFeatherweight med Buzukja L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 31 45.2% 40.5% 226 / 532 42.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.5% 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.3% 9 / 24 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 12 / 30 40.0% 37.1% 149 / 425 35.1% 37.1%
To the body 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.0% 55 / 94 58.5% 68.0%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 80.3% 41 / 52 78.8% 80.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Barbosa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Buzukja L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 34 29.4% 39.3% 209 / 464 45.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 18 / 23 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 23 / 29 79.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 23 too few to rate 35.9% 170 / 401 42.4% 35.9%
To the body 2 / 7 too few to rate 68.0% 43 / 77 55.8% 68.0%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 37 / 38 97.4% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
5100.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1661.5% def · norm 61.5%
0:124.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
2:455.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
16:254:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Buzukja has more cage time on record.